Kathy had re-entered the room as Bob had been speaking. She was shaking her head as she came in.

"How's our new friend?" Bob asked.

"At least this time she smiled at me when I came into the room, instead of looking like she wanted to jump and run. That's an improvement, I guess." She shook her head again. "I can only guess what that poor child has been through judging by her injuries. It makes me realize just how lucky we've all been since this all started."

"Kathy, luck had nothing to do with it. We've been blessed. And I think we all need to make that young lady the subject of our prayers from now on."

"I know what you mean. And you're right. Still, when you think about everything that has happened to this country, well, our survival so far has been miraculous."

"But that's the point, Kathy. We have been saved by The Lord for this time. It's even more miraculous when you look at the entire picture. For example, you're a doctor. Did you get the advisories sent out by the Dept. of Homeland Security or the CDC about the swine flu a while back?"

"Yes, but they didn't say much. Their best advice was to avoid contact with infected people and to wear masks and gloves while in public."

"Did they mention what kind of make up was involved with the virus?"

"I'm afraid I don't remember."

"The virus was constructed using genetic material from pigs, birds, and men. I said 'constructed' for a reason. Tell me something as a doctor. Is it possible to have genetic material from three so widely diverse species to combine naturally?"

Kathy got a serious look on her face.

"I'm a dentist, but if I remember my training correctly, no. It's not."

"Well. if that can't happen naturally, how could it happen?"

Kathy's look got even more dark.

"Bob, are you saying that it was deliberate?"

"Yes, I am. You yourself, with your medical training, admit that wasn't possible in the natural world. That leaves only one option. It wasn't natural. That means it had to be constructed in a lab somewhere."

"But it started in Mexico. Who would want to attack them?"

"Have you ever heard of asymmetrical warfare?"

"Can't say that I ever have. YOU are the expert in those kind of things."

"That is a disturbing thought. O.K. it works like this. If you had an enemy that had to be defeated, but you weren't strong enough to do it by yourself, how could you get it done?"

"I have no idea."

"You use surrogates to weaken your enemy before you actually attack them. In this case, I believe that the Mexican population was used to attack us in a way that wouldn't raise anybodies suspicions. The plan was simple enough. Infect people that are headed north, knowing that as soon as they cross the boarder they were going to scatter to the four winds. Which spreads the infection like wild fire. Also, once the people still in Mexico became scared enough, they rushed the boarder in order to escape from being infected or to seek medical help in some cases. Sad thing is that many of them already were infected unknowingly.

All of that served to weaken this country in a few different ways. Manpower used to try to round up the infected people before they could spread the disease was stretched to the breaking point. Not to mention how porous the boarder already was, even more men were needed to try to seal it. Medical facilities were over-whelmed. That, of course, made it almost impossible to take care of our own people. And the bleeding heart type of people in government kept insisting we had a responsibility to take care of the illegal immigrants. That drained the coffers of the government even further. That in turn made it difficult to buy everything we needed for many, many things. Like the military for example. As you know, a military has to be strong and well supplied to do its' job. Lack of money prevented that.

It all comes down to what is known as 'death by a thousand cuts'. Small injuries might go untreated and even ignored, but once you are bleeding from enough of them, death is certain. That is what happened to us."

"Bob, that's terrible. Didn't anyone realize what was going on?"

He smiled grimly and asked Kathy, "Did you? Most people never make a study of how to kill large numbers of people in a short period of time. It's not good bedtime reading for sure. But when you are a soldier, as I was, it is your job to understand these things. First so you can do those things to other people, and secondly at the same time keeping it from happening to you.

I'm certain that a lot of high ranking government officials knew about it. The ones who had already sold out to Satan for their own personal gain knew, I'm quite sure. And I'm sure there were a number of people in places like the CDC and Homeland Security as well. Someone had to write those so-called informational releases. Someone, or ones knew that you don't find three or more different types of genetic material in the same virus. But they kept that little piece of information from the general public."

"Then we were betrayed!"

"Yes we were."

"You seem awfully calm about it." Maria said.

"I'm not really, but many of those people were in Washington when it was nuked. They are already paying a much higher price in Hell than they ever thought they would have to pay, or I could possibly inflict on them myself. Mainly because they put their faith in the master deceiver instead of the Son of God. It's too late to worry about them, and the rest of them. Well, I'll never know who they were or are. So why burn up energy on something I can do nothing about?

Believe me. If I were to have each and every person responsible for this in front of me, I would personally send them to their just reward. But that isn't going to happen. I must content myself with the knowledge that The Lord knows what He is doing. I don't recall the exact verse, but scripture does teach that He knows how to preserve the wicked until the day of judgment. And for that reason, I actually feel a little bit sorry for them. I can't imagine what their punishment will be, but I do know it is going to last for a very long time."

"You're right, of course, but it makes me angry to know that all of this was done to us by our own people."

"Me too, Kathy. But they didn't act alone, and you can bet that Satan was pulling the strings all along. He wants every Christian dead, and according to The Book of Revelation, He is even angrier than we are. He knows His time is very limited and knows what waits for Him after this."

Bob smiled briefly and said, "You know, everyone always talks about how Satan will rule in Hell. I have to say that I don't agree with that. Hell was created as a place of punishment for Satan and His angels. I hardly think The Father would place Him in charge. I believe that once He gets there, He will have no power at all. His punishment, I think is going to be unable to defend himself when everyone that He has tricked into going to Hell with Him come to see Him there. Maybe I'm wrong, but I sure don't want to be there to find out."

Unnoticed by anyone, Sam had come into the office and had been listening.

"Mr. Bob. Why does the devil hate us so much?"

Turning his head to look at Sam, he answered.

"Sam, I think mostly for two reasons. First of all we know Satan hates God. But he can't do anything to God. So he attacks us because we are created in Gods' image. If he can't hurt God, then He wants to destroy the image of God. That's us. Secondly, as The Bible says, Satan said that he wanted to be God. Now that shows a whole lot of ego, if you ask me. Since Satan believes himself to be as good or even better than God, that ego can't stand the thought that everything He once had, we will inherit when we get to Heaven. That has to be eating Him alive, and it has been ever since He fell. That is why he hates us this much. But don't worry. We still have God on our side. And Satan still can't defeat Him."


BW, Vietnam Vet

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